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Hey everybody, this is Heidi St. John. Welcome to the Busy Mom Podcast.

Today is Wednesday, the 16th of May. I'm so excited that you're here. Today we're going to be talking a little bit about the helmet of salvation.

This is part of our ongoing Bible study at Mom Strong International. So if you are a part of that study, this is a great time for you to pull up your study and follow along with me.

Stick around. I think you're going to be encouraged.

Alright, so my family and I are out here traveling in South Carolina right now. Just taking a little bit of a break. We're going to do a little bit of a working vacation.

I'm really excited because this podcast series is being sponsored by my friends over at Teach Them Dilligently.

And I will be there speaking starting tomorrow through Saturday. And so you guys, if you are anywhere in the area of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, come on over.

I know that you're going to be blessed and encouraged. I think you'll be encouraged by what the Lord has laid on my heart. But it's not just me.

There's some fantastic speakers there. Tons of great vendors. And besides that, you can come up and hug my neck.

So if you're a podcast listener and you come to Myrtle Beach, come give me a hug. I'd love to meet you and just hear what God's doing in your life.

This is a week seven of the Mom Strong International Bible study series called GERD UP GIRL. We are talking about strategies in spiritual warfare.

And I just want to encourage you. I hope you guys are being blessed by what God is doing. If you haven't signed up yet for the Scripture Writing Challenge over at Mom Strong International,

we are writing our way through the book of Ephesians. And I was just talking to my husband for a few minutes before I started recording this podcast about the angst that I think I mentioned to you guys on Monday, the struggle that I've been having, particularly lately with regard to social media and sort of my role in it.

And am I really being helpful? And he sort of has encouraged me. And I hope this encourages you too a little bit. He said, you know, Billy Graham said that when one bold man speaks out when one bold man shares the truth, the spines of others are stiffened.

And I think sometimes I feel discouraged because I see so much of the negative stuff that's happening. But I just wanted you guys to be encouraged that the Lord is always at work.

And I do think that he is working through the lives of men and women who are bold enough to speak the truth and love the ticket is to be able to speak the truth and not let all of the other stuff, the dumpster fire that is social media, drag you into it or send your soul.

So I just want to encourage you to stay stay in there and stay in the fight this week. We're talking a little bit about the helmet of salvation. And so I thought, man, let's do let's open. Let's go ahead and open up this study in a word of prayer because I don't know about you guys.

I could really use just a word from the Lord and to be encouraged by his spirit and through his words. So Lord, we see that we are in a battle and day to day and hour to hour the enemy is becoming more real. And we are more aware of him. Thank you, Lord, that you're opening our eyes to the battle that's raging around us.

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